Wednesday, December 05, 2012

US on standby to act against Syria if chemical weapons used

The United States is reported to be on standby to act militarily against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in the event that it uses chemical weapons.

A US-led coalition is prepared to take military action in Syria
within days in the event that Syrian President Bashar Assad resort to
the use of chemical weapons in his fight against opposition forces in
his country, The Timesof London reported on Tuesday, citing a US official.

“It
won’t require major movement to make action happen. The muscle is
already there to be flexed,” a US official said. “It’s premature to say
what could happen if a decision is made to intervene. That hasn’t taken
shape, we’ve not reached that kind of decision. There are a lot of
options, but it [military action] could be launched rapidly, within
days,” the Times quoted the official as saying.

The Times quoted sources as saying the US intervention would involve Britain and other allies.

That's just great, but by the time 'a few days' have passed after Assad uses chemical weapons, there could be an awful lot of dead people.

1 Comments:

Obama isn't going to lift a finger. The first thing he'd do is go on a week long scold of Israel for not doing it for him. Then he'd go play golf. Then he'd determine that there's no need to 'inflame' the situation.

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